Just a few minutes before the next scheduled break, Robert Mizrachi and Alex Jacob took a flop of 
. Mizrachi checked to Jacob, who bet bet 40,000. Jacob was put to the test with about 160,000 behind after Mizrachi check-raised to 100,000. Jacob tanked for a few minutes before putting his stack in with 
. Mizrachi snap-called with top pair, 
. The 
on the turn gave Jacob a few extra outs, but he was eliminated after the river came a second queen, 
.
Mizrachi is up to 950,000.
So, Patrick Hartnett has decided to start playing blind. After he won one hand, he called a raise the next hand without looking at his cards. He didn't look until his opponent bet the river when he looked down to see pocket queens. The board was 
-X-X. Hartnett called on the end and was good.
He enjoyed this so much that he raised blind the next hand. Padraig Parkinson reraised and Hartnett called blind. He then checked blind on each street as the board ran out 
until the river. On the end, Hartnett looked down at his cards and fired 25,000. Parkinson called.
Hartnett tabled the 
for a club flush and won the pot. He's now up to 1.23 million in chips.
In the last hand dealt before the break, Scotty Nguyen opened with a raise from early position, and it folded around to David Liu who reraised all in for 209,000. The action back on Nguyen, the Prince of Poker quickly called.
Nguyen showed 
and Liu 
. The flop came 
, and Liu assumed the lead. The turn was the 
and the river the 
, and Liu doubled to 438,000. Meanwhile, Nguyen tumbles to 359,000.
"Sorry, Scotty," said Liu as the players went to break. "There's no sorry, baby," said Nguyen with a smile.
The tables keep breaking and the busts keep coming. Time for a 20-minute break to catch your breath.
Anders Taylor certainly didn't think the last break would be his final one. He had nearly a million chips in his stack when he got them all in the middle with 
. It looked like he would take over the chip lead by doubling through Martijn Schirp and his 
. But the cruel on the turn sent Taylor home instead and boosted Schirp to the chip lead with 2.25 million. Matt Affleck is right on his heels with 2.13 million. Phil Galfond dropped out of the top tier when an unsuccessful bluff left him with a still impressive 1.5 million.
Power players Vanessa Selbst and Jason Mercier made their exits in the last level, as did the legendary Sammy Farha, Brandon Cantu, Dean Hamrick, Jonathan Karamalikis, Jason Somerville, Kevin MacPhee and Dwyte Pilgrim. The biggest French star in the field, Antony Lellouche, saw his run come to an end, as did one of the last few ladies in the field, Evelyn Ng.
Level: 19
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Adam Etter was just all in before the flop for his last 270,000 with 
and was up against Filippo Candio's .
The board ran out 
, and Etter doubled to 565,000. Candio slips to 480,000.
Since we've come back from the break, short stacks Raymond Muzyka, Robert Mercer and Cory Bath were all eliminated.
From the button, Neil McFayden opened to 25,000, and Farshad Fardad called from the big blind.
The flop came out 
, and Fardad check-raised McFayden's continuation bet from 40,000 up to 140,000. McFayden promptly called, and he fired another 150,000 on the 
turn. Fardad smooth-called this time, and he checked dark as the landed on fifth street. McFayden checked it back to see the showdown.
Fardad tabled 
for the straight, and McFayden returned his cards to the muck as his stack slips under the million-chip mark.
McFayden - 900,000
Fardad - 1.82 million
Frederik Jensen, down to his last 195,000, was just all in before the flop and up against Tomas MacNamara. Jensen looked to be in a decent spot to double up with his 
against MacNamara's .
Things continued to look well for Jensen after the 
flop. But the turn brought the and Jensen was down to two outs to survive. The river was a bit of overkill, though Jensen nevertheless smiled and shook hands with his tablemates before exiting the main feature table stage.
MacNamara climbs to 745,000.
Adam Schoenfeld is the most recent player to report to the rail with a payout slip in his hand. He re-raised all in from the big blind with after Thomas Declerck opened in late position to 24,000. Declerck snap-called with . Declerck flopped a matching ace, 
, and locked up the hand with an on the turn. He's up to 575,000.
